Transport Fares Increase
By Louise Jobe
Information gathered from the transport sector indicates an increment in transport fares by commercial drivers since Monday 18th December 2017.
According to sources...
“First Lady’s Office Is Constitutional” – Finance Minister
By Amie Sanneh
‘‘The office of the first lady is Constitutional because it is the Constitution that gives the president the power to establish office.’’
These...
What Is The Total Debt Of The Country?
QUESTION OF THE DAY
The Minister of Finance has indicated that they inherited unsustainable debt from the Jammeh administration. The total debt of the country...
How Do We Keep The Legacy Of Deyda Hydara?
Deyda Hydara was murdered in cold blood in 2004 but after thirteen years his name is still on the lips of Gambians.
Why? Because he...
At The National Assembly 2018 Budget Speech
The Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs, Amadou Sanneh, on Friday December 15, 2017, delivered the 2018 budget speech at the National Assembly Building...
How Will Gambians Promote The Constitutional Review Exercise?
QUESTION OF THE DAY
Every Gambian should realise that the role of jurists is to put the convictions of people regarding the type of supreme...
Tension Erupts Between Jabang, Sukuta Over Land
By Mustapha Jallow
Tension erupted between residents of Jabang and Sukuta over land that eventually led to a riot between the residents of Sukuta who...
Finance Minister Delivers 2018 Budget Speech
Abdoulai G. Dibba
The Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs Amadou Sanneh, on Friday December 15th 2017, delivered the 2018 budget speech at the National Assembly...
Deyda Hydara Lecture Series Media Practitioners Call For Justice As they...
By Rohey Jadama
The Gambia Press Union (GPU) in partnership with The Point Newspaper, the Hydara Family and the Victim Centre and Article 19 commemorated...
Does Every Potential Foreign Investor Have To Meet The President?
QUESTION OF THE DAY
A press release from the Office of the President did indicate that the Russian businessman who declared his intention to create...
ARE JOURNALISTS ALLOWED TO ATTEND DISTRICT TRIBUNAL PROCEEDINGS?
QUESTION OF THE DAY
According to section 24 subsection (2) of the Constitution, “All proceedings of every court and proceedings relating to the determination of...
164 Repatriated Gambians Receive D3,555 Each
By Nelson Manneh
One Hundred and sixty-four Gambians have arrived from Libya on December 13th 2017, after being repatriated amid human slavery reports. Each of them...
Victim Loses Faith In Authorities
By Mustapha Jallow
Isatou Kanyi, wife of Lamin Kanyi alias ‘Kanyiba’, yesterday told this medium that she has lost confidence in the authorities regarding identification...
Justice Minister Presents Constitutional Review Commission Bill
By: Kebba AF Touray
The Minister of Justice, Aboubacar Tambedou, yesterday presented the Constitutional Review Commission Bill 2017 before Lawmakers, for consideration and adoption.
During the...
Will there be a term limit for the office of President...
Question of the day?
Many people consider the term limit and the second round of voting should no presidential candidate receive the valid votes cast,...
Halifa Sallah’s Interventions on the 2018 Estimates
By: Kebba AF Touray
Hon. Halifa Sallah, Member for Serrekunda Central, in his contribution to the debate on 2018 Estimates at the National Assembly yesterday...
67 Employees Sacked
By Louise Jobe
This medium has received information that sixty seven workers of Arezki Construction Company Limited have been sacked from their work. Arezki is...
Business Mogul Deny Ownership of Newspaper Company
“I have never been a proprietor of the Daily Observer Newspaper” Amadou samba told the Janneh Commission on Thursday 30th November 2017.
“This has been...
‘Coalition 2016’ Commemorate Election Victory
Thousands of Coalition 2016 militants, supporters and sympatisers, yesterday assembled at the buffer zone to commemorate the first anniversary of the 2016 Coalition landslide...
Who Will Buy The Groundnuts During The Coming Trade Season?
QUESTION OF THE DAY
Foroyaa has tried to find out how many tons of groundnuts the National Food Security Processing and Marketing Corporation or former...
